Tag "Acceptance"

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OPEN LETTER TO AN INTERNALLY-HOMOPHOBIC FRIEND

Dear X, I watched a movie called Prayers For Bobby. It’s a movie about the true life story of a young man, Bobby Griffith, who found out he was gay,

Opinion Pieces 6 Comments

HOW CAN ANYONE CALL LOVE A CRIME?

FOREWORD: If you’ve read the three-chaptered Kito story – WE ARE HERE: THE ATTACK, THE HUNT, THE RETRIBUTION – then you would be familiar with who this next ally is.

Profiles 11 Comments

“I Was Like A Fish Out Of Water.” Kenny Brandmuse Gives Tell-All Interview

So Kenny Brandmuse, the man who broke the internet in 2015 with his coming out, recently sat to an interview with a few media outlets to give a very illuminating

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“Life is too beautiful to be hidden in a closet.” Diver Robert Páez comes out, wants to inspire every gay man or woman to find their own acceptance

Robert Páez is a professional diver from Venezuela. He represented his country in both the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. In a powerful new op-ed, published by Outsports, the 23-year-old

Kito Stories 14 Comments

HIS COMING OUT STORY (Edition 7)

There was no ceremony involved in how my sister got to know that I’m gay. She asked me the question one day, out of the blue: “Kennedy, are you gay?”

Editor's Desk 17 Comments

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?

I came into last year, 2017, with a renewed sense of self and a determination to no longer be apologetic with my sexuality. The reasoning that governed me was simple:

Opinion Pieces 6 Comments

“But Who Have I Hurt If I Were Gay?” Chude Jideonwo’s Must Read Equality Speech

A speech by Chude Jideonwo One of the tragedies of human progress is this constant tug between two stubborn binaries: progressive and conservative. People often camp in front of their

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UNDER THE SKIES

Mother had requested that I go to the ATM to confirm a certain payment in her account that evening. It was a cool one, with the wind howling ferociously like

Our Stories 26 Comments

THIS IS A GAY POST

“You meet someone at a party. You finally talk to that crush or you go online and you start a conversation with this random stranger. The conversation is intriguing. It

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The First And Many Other Times

I wish I could tell that exact moment I discovered I was attracted to guys. I can’t. I remember when I was in shorts, my mates and I would go